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Shmups are mostly pattern recognition, so once you get good at one Touhou game, it doesn't mean the rest come easy, unfortunately. You won't get lore through the games though because it's as cryptic as the Rosetta Stone.
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That's because you don't already have a foot in the door.
And it improves reaction times which helps in general. I'm slow as fuck and need to get better.